Plain as a nose in a man's face.

I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

Science sans conscience n' est que le ruine de l'âme. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruine of the soule.

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.

Giving words [is] an act of lovers.

A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).